Saturday, July 22, 2017

Retouching History: The Modern Falsification of a Civil War Photograph [fake news, Civil War style]

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Figure 1. Studio photograph taken in Philadelphia, probably in early 1864. The handwritten numbers, “1895 x 1895” in reverse in the upp...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Fort Sumter, South Carolina (watercolor)

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Fort Sumter, South Carolina by Thomas Kennet-Were, 1869 [University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center]
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Watercolors of Civil War ironclads by Ens. D. M. N. Stouffer, ca. 1864-65. (David Dixon Porter Papers)

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The vessels shown here were all part of the Mississippi Squadron under the command of Adm. David Dixon Porter (1813-1891). The squadron ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Book Review: A More Civil War, How the Union Waged a Just War, by D. H. Dilbeck

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[ first published in The Civil War News , June 2017] A More Civil War: How the Union Waged a Just War. ...

Blue & Gray Magazine Ceases Publication

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Sad news today from Dave Roth in Columbus, Ohio. Many or most Civil War enthusiasts who came of age in the post-Centennial years cut their...
Thursday, May 04, 2017

History revealed: Sgt. Harvey Tucker's Fredericksburg grave

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An utterly fascinating blog post from John Banks' Civil War Blog . . .  The scene at the top of this post, photographed by Mathew...
Sunday, April 09, 2017

Returning to Vicksburg's Stockade Redan and Railroad Redoubt

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22nd Iowa marker at the Railroad Redoubt, with Texas monument in the distance For the American Civil War history buff, one of life’s gr...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

2017 Lincoln Prize winners announced

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The 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will be awarded to two recipients this year: James B. Conroy, author of  Lincoln’s White House: The P...
Wednesday, February 08, 2017

"Vicksburg is the key!" — Tour set for March 31-April 2

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The Campaign and Battles for Vicksburg:  an in-depth, multi-day tour with Terry Winschel March 31–April 2, 2017 ITINERARY: Frid...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Balls Bluff Battlefield Expansion

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Interior Secretary Approves Massive Expansion of Balls Bluff Battlefield Landmark   2017-01-12   LoudounNow U.S. Interior Secretary ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Decision at Tom’s Brook: George Custer, Tom Rosser, and the Joy of the Fight, by William J. Miller

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Reprinted from the  Civil War News'   annual Books issue  (November 2016) Decision at Tom’s Brook:  George Cust...
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Thursday, December 08, 2016

In Volcano, California, a 737-pound brass cannon named "Old Abe" played a pivotal role in ending a secession movement in 1860s California

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From the San Luis Obispo Tribune July 4, 2015 —  Dan Krieger - Special to The Tribune 'Old Abe' versus rebels in California...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Remembering the USS Tulip, a Civil War icon

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St. Inigoes, MD -  It’s been 152 years since the November night when the USS Tulip, serving in the American Civil War—among other things ...
Friday, November 11, 2016

"Dawn Before Gettysburg" (1938), by Edward Hopper

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Edward Hopper House Art Center [Veteran's Day Facebook Post, November 11, 2016] On this Veteran's Day we w...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold

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A letter written July 4, 1863, by John Winn Moseley after he was wounded and captured in the Battle of Gettysburg. (Library of Virginia) ...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Harry Houdini and the Ghost of Abraham Lincoln

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Mary Lincoln passed away on July 16, 1882, but it appears that, even as late as 1924, there was some curiosity about the spirit realm st...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Newly Discovered Letters Bring New Insight Into the Life of a Civil War Soldier (Smithsonian Mag)

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Today in 1859: John Brown at Harpers Ferry

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From the National Museum of American History: Today in 1859: Abolitionist John Brown seizes the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to spa...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Ronald White’s magisterial new biography offers a fresh view of Ulysses S. Grant (Boston Globe)

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RonaldWhite’s magisterial new biography offers a fresh view of Ulysses S. Grant By Jordan Michael Smith  GLOBE CORRESPONDENT  9/29/16 ...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

From the Lab: Civil War Blood (NYHS)

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 From the Lab: Civil War Blood September 28, 2016 The Story . . . While processing the records of the  Military Order ...